Gregory D Hopper

US Patent:

20200269013, Aug 27, 2020

Filed:

May 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

15/930974

Inventors:

- Santa Rosa CA, US
Michael Baldwin - Santa Rosa CA, US
Joseph Duffy - Petaluma CA, US
John Kantor - Healdsburg CA, US
Tony Le - Rohnert Park CA, US
Asim Malik - Windsor CA, US
Susan Peterson - Santa Rosa CA, US
Emily Schoenhoff - Santa Rosa CA, US
Eric Hallberg - Becker MN, US
Steven Holt - Crystal MN, US
Erik Svensson - New Hope MN, US
Ronan Cleary - Galway, IE
Sameer Singh - Santa Rosa CA, US
Steven Holmgren - Maple Grove MN, US
Janet Komatsu - San Francisco CA, US
Traci Colgan - Healdsburg CA, US
Gregory Hopper - Brooklyn Park MN, US
Marcel Fuhrer - Healdsburg CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 25/00
A61M 25/10
A61M 25/06

Abstract:

A tubular sheath for enclosing an expandable balloon attached to the distal portion of a catheter encloses and protects the expandable balloon. The tubular sheath is configured to be slidable and removable from the catheter. The tubular sheath may include a longitudinal splitting element that is removable as a result of a force applied to the longitudinal splitting element. The longitudinal splitting element is configured to split the wall of the tubular sheath in response to the force. Alternatively, the tubular sheath may include a gripping portion that has relatively poor cohesive strength to adjacent portions of the tubular sheath. The tubular sheath is configured to be removable in response to a force applied to the gripping portion.

US Patent:

20190224449, Jul 25, 2019

Filed:

Jan 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/875343

Inventors:

- Santa Rosa CA, US
Michael Baldwin - Santa Rosa CA, US
Joseph Duffy - Petaluma CA, US
John Kantor - Healdsburg CA, US
Tony Le - Rohnert Park CA, US
Asim Malik - Windsor CA, US
Susan Peterson - Santa Rosa CA, US
Emily Schoenhoff - Santa Rosa CA, US
Eric Hallberg - Becker MN, US
Steven Holt - Crystal MN, US
Erik Svensson - New Hope MN, US
Ronan Cleary - Galway, IE
Sameer Singh - Santa Rosa CA, US
Steven Holmgren - Maple Grove MN, US
Janet Komatsu - San Francisco CA, US
Traci Colgan - Healdsburg CA, US
Gregory Hopper - Brooklyn Park MN, US
Marcel Fuhrer - Healdsburg CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 25/00
A61M 25/10

Abstract:

A tubular sheath for enclosing an expandable balloon attached to the distal portion of a catheter encloses and protects the expandable balloon. The tubular sheath is configured to be slidable and removable from the catheter. The tubular sheath may include a longitudinal splitting element that is removable as a result of a force applied to the longitudinal splitting element. The longitudinal splitting element is configured to split the wall of the tubular sheath in response to the force. Alternatively, the tubular sheath may include a gripping portion that has relatively poor cohesive strength to adjacent portions of the tubular sheath. The tubular sheath is configured to be removable in response to a force applied to the gripping portion.